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Business

CVSA hosting two roadside inspection training courses this summer

Calling all motor carriers, owner-operators, truck drivers, technicians, fleet managers and more. The CVSA is holding training sessions for summer 2018. Details here.

May 8, 2018

Business

Drivewyze issues more lengthy statement following Missouri state audit of competitor-related bypass conflicts of interest

Drivewyze disputes Help Inc.’s PrePass claims following Missouri state audit and announces plans to expand its weigh station bypass services in Missouri.

May 7, 2018

Business

Bypass wars in Mo.: State auditor finds conflicts of interest among issues limiting competition in weigh-station bypass

A unique arrangement in the state, where PrePass’ parent nonprofit HELP Inc. wholly owns weigh-in-motion equipment deployed there after a $21 million investment, however, also appears to have played a significant role in the Drivewyze service’s delay there, among other issues.

May 2, 2018

Voices

POLL: Do you use a weigh-station bypassing system?

Are weigh-station bypassing systems worth the expense? This new poll probes the extent of bypass use among owner-operators.

May 2, 2018

Channel 19

Monday news-flash round-up: Inspector enjoys job, moose in Yukon loves Tennessee football

Is the reality that a truck-enforcement-dedicated trooper actually enjoys the interaction-with-truckers aspect of his job truly headline worthy? And: a couple shots along the way to Alaska with owner-op Jerry Boyd and his partner haulers on a military load.

April 23, 2018

Channel 19

No-ELD violations in the ‘soft enforcement’ period — 395.8(a) not the only incorrect infraction being issued

There’s evidence some inspectors are incorrectly encoding no-ELD violations under CSA-score-contributing, AOBRD-related 395.15 violation codes in addition to previously reported 395.8(a) codes in the soft enforcement period.

March 19, 2018

Business

PrePass customers can now bypass NorPass-system scales

A new PrePass partnership with the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) allows PrePass customers to bypass scales that are part of the NorPass system, 23 sites in 6 states.

March 12, 2018

Channel 19

Remembering the ‘good old days’: Brakes good, tires good, not a ‘peep out of anyone’

Owner-operator Robert Whittington’s most recent inspection experiences have shown those good old days have been left way back down the road. . .

February 22, 2018

Business

7 new PrePass locations in N.C.

The new sites on I-77, I-40, I-95 and I-26 in North Carolina now operational for PrePass bypass services are in addition to the PrePass sites on I-85 at Hillsborough, which have been in service since 2015.

January 25, 2018

Electronic Logging Devices

CVSA ELD inspection bulletin, updates to older AOBRD bulletin

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance has added an inspection bulletin outlining officer and driver responsibilities during inspections of hours of service when the driver is using an electronic logging device, among other bulletin updates.

January 24, 2018

Channel 19

How do you prevent cracks in your convex mirrors?

Cold-weather issues, take one. Enquiring minds among readers want to know: “I have had my convex mirrors crack in the wintertime more than once and was wondering if I am the only one and what people have found to stop it.”

January 18, 2018

Business

Prepass, Oregon programs now interoperable for bypass

PrePass carriers that operate in Oregon can now allow their transponders to be enrolled in and utilize Oregon’s state-operated Green Light weigh station bypass system at 21 facilities throughout the state, with a waiver of Prepass’ data privacy policy.

January 17, 2018